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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001800020022-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 19, 2004
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: November 5, 1962
• Content Type: MEMO

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
State Department review
completed
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THE CRISIS
USSR/CUBA
Information as of 0600
5 November 1962
PREPARED FOR THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF THE NATIONAL SE+CUP TI Y COUNCIL..
FURTHER DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION
CONTAINED HEREIN IS NOT AUTHORIZED.
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Aerial photography shows that
four missile transporters, presumably wi, missiles, have
arrived at the port of Mariel and are standing close by
the three Soviet dry cargo vessels which had previously
been observed tied up there.
Seventeen missile erectors, 11 of them with stands,
were also observed at Mariel in the vicinity of another
Soviet ship which is docked at the eastern end of the
harbor.
Trucks were observed shuttling along the road link-
ing the Guanajay IRBM sites and Mariel, with trucks
loaded with crates moving toward the port and empty
trucks going in the'opposite direction. Several Soviet
trucks carrying heavy loads were seen bogged down in a
field; in this area, and the general impression was that
the activity is being carried out in hurry and confusion.
A number of special transport vehicles and other
equipment were seen near dockside in Mariel,-where a
small amount had been seen one day earlier.
A 20-truck convoy carrying between 80 and 100 Soviet
personnel was seen moving toward Havana from the east on
The men carried duffel bags and field equip-
ment, and the convoy included two kitchen trucks.
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A fourth delivery of IL-28 (Beagle) jet light bomb?trs
apparently was made to Cuba about 20 October, just prior
to the announcement of the quarantine. This raises the
number of IL-28s in Cuba to at least 37 and possibly 41.
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LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENTS
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Briceno is in Washington
where he plans to address the OAS on Monday, 5 November,
on the Cuban situation and its relation to "Cuban-inspired
subversion and sabotage" in Venezuela. He has brought
"proof" with him but would like more if the US can supply
On 3 November the Argentine Chargd in Mexico City in-
formed our Ambassador that he had been assured that Mexico
will support the Argentine resolution to set up OAS command
of forces contributed to enforcement of measures in the Cu-
ban situation. There are some indications that Mexico may
break relations with Cuba, a step which would seem called
for if endorsement of Such a command is forthcoming.
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The TASS announcement of-the 4 November meeting be--
tween Mikoyan and Cuban leaders gave no details on the
matters discussed or any indication of the duration of
Mikoyan's stay in Cuba. This suggests that agreement is
yet to be reached on matters of inspection in Cuba and
the verification of the removal of Soviet missiles.
Soviet propaganda suggests that the Soviets intend
to delay as much as possible on the issue of UN inspection
and verification, hoping that the issue will lose its
force and immediacy as the missile sites are dismantled
and it appears that the missiles are being shipped home.
Radio Moscow continues to make vague references to
Soviet support of Castro and Cuba and specificaly denies
that any rift exists between the USSR and Cuba. Soviet
propaganda again seeks to obtain a broader US commitment
not to invade Cuba and repeats claims that it is time for
the US to fulfill its part of the bargain with the USSR
by ending the quarantine and aerial surveillance of Cuba.
In discussing the Cuban settlement, Moscow warns that the
West's tactics with regard to Cuba will not be applicable
to a solution of the Berlin problem.
Communist China continues to give vociferous support
to Castro and his five demands. At the same time Peking's
criticism of Soviet Cuban policy is becoming sharper; a
People's Daily editorial implies that the USSR adopted an
"app peasementpolicy" toward the US. Deriding the "Munich
scheme against the Cuban people,," People's Daily declares
that support of Castro's five demands is "the obligatory,
internationalist duty of the people of all socialist coun-
tries." Numerous mass rallies in support of Cuba have
taken place in China, and Chou en-Lai has publicly reaf-
firmed Chinese solidarity with Castro and the Cuban people.
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Sixteen Soviet Bloc ships are currently en route to
Cuba. They include seven Soviet dry cargo ships, seven
Soviet tankers, and two satellite dry cargo ships. The
only vessel approaching the quarantine line is the Soviet
dry cargo ship E. PUGACHEV which passed through the Pana-
ma Canal on 3 November at which time she was inspected by
US authorities.
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